Wade Davis

This is what a first-place team looks like: The Dodgers had four players selected to the National League All-Star team Monday, none of them named Clayton Kershaw or Yasiel Puig. Kershaw could still make the team. Puig, who sat out six weeks because of injury, will not. Pitcher Zack Greinke, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, catcher Yasmani Grandal and center fielder Joc Pederson all were selected to the team. The Dodgers quartet will be joined at the All-Star game by the Angels' dynamic duo of Mike Trout and Albert Pujols. Pujols was selected Monday as a reserve first baseman, then named to start for the American League in place of the injured Miguel Cabrera. Greinke, who is 7-2...

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